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Feb 15, 20123 min read
Summer Clerk Diary: Laura McDonnell, Lander & Rogers
Today’s summer clerk diary is by Deakin University Arts/Law student Laura McDonnell, who shares her experience at Lander & Rogers Lawyer
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Survive Law
Feb 14, 20123 min read
Summer Clerk Diary: Sarah Moore and Wendy Ooi, Moores Legal
Clerkships provide fantastic holiday work experience, but what happens afterwards? Melbourne University Law student Wendy Ooi and law gradua
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Survive Law
Feb 10, 20122 min read
Why I Love Community Legal Work
When I started my law degree three years ago, I had recently returned from living my life as a ‘hippy’ in Latin America.
I knew from my exp
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Survive Law
Feb 9, 20122 min read
Taking an Alternative Career Path: Academia
I completed my law degree in December. In my last semester I could not find the floor of my room and had not left the house in ages – I thou
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Survive Law
Feb 8, 20122 min read
Summer Clerk Diary: Sophie Barrow, DibbsBarker
Sydney University arts law student Sophie Barrow is another clerk who traded her summer in the sun (well, what little sun there was) for the
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Survive Law
Feb 6, 20123 min read
Summer Clerk Diary: Sam Elder, Hunt & Hunt Lawyers
University of Melbourne juris doctor student Sam Elder spent his summer clerking with Hunt & Hunt Lawyers. Here is Sam’s take on the sum
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Wenee Yap
Feb 4, 20122 min read
I Want Your Job: Interview with Ossian Elkington, Australian Human Rights Commission
Ossian Elkington. JD graduate, former Irish Bachelor of the Year contender, mixed martial arts aficionado, and the man who landed the job so
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Survive Law
Feb 3, 20123 min read
Summer Clerk Diary: Smriti Arora, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Today’s summer clerk diary entry comes from Smriti Arora, a commerce/ law student at the University of New South Wales, who is spending her
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Survive Law
Feb 2, 20123 min read
Summer Clerk Diary: Jacinta Bishop and Rachel Kong, Marque Lawyers
The next instalment in our summer clerkship diary series comes from the clerks at Marque Lawyers. Jacinta Bishop, a juris doctor student fro
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Survive Law
Jan 31, 20123 min read
Arbitration 101
It’s no surprise that arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution are in vogue: the world is becoming increasingly globali
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Survive Law
Jan 30, 20127 min read
A Sporting Chance: Considering a Career in Sports Law
The field of sports law is seldom discussed and little understood. It is certainly not a topic mentioned alongside the likes of corporate la
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Survive Law
Jan 9, 20122 min read
The Indecisive Law Graduate’s First Year out of Law School
It’s just over a year since I finished my law degree. At the time I had no idea what I was going to do with my life, but one thing was certa
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Survive Law
Jan 6, 20123 min read
Finding (and Surviving) a Graduate Job Overseas
There is no denying it, there is a certain allure to working as an international lawyer. The perks are numerous: bigger pay-cheques, a new c
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Survive Law
Dec 7, 20112 min read
Should I become a judge’s associate?
As I finish my second-last year of uni, I find myself faced with yet another career dilemma. As if putting myself through the clerkship appl
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Survive Law
Nov 17, 20114 min read
You Don’t Need a Commerce Degree to be a Commercial Lawyer
It’s a common belief among law students that if you want to work in a corporate law firm, a commerce, business or economics degree is a huge
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Survive Law
Nov 12, 20113 min read
To Specialise or not to Specialise?
A long time ago studying law meant learning every law that existed in your jurisdiction. These days there are too many statutes for that, an
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Survive Law
Nov 1, 20114 min read
Things I wish I’d known at law school
Law school doesn’t teach you everything you need to know for your future career. We asked Mallesons lawyers around the country, “What do you
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Survive Law
Oct 25, 20112 min read
A Day in the Life of a Paralegal
Being a paralegal isn’t all about interesting legal research and pushing trolleys of files to and from court. Like any role, it’s a job that
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Survive Law
Oct 19, 20114 min read
I want your Internship: Interview with Jock Steel, UN Intern
If you’re interested in a career in international law, an internship is often a great way to get started. UTS JD student, Jock Steel, talks
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Survive Law
Oct 12, 20117 min read
How to be Awesome at Interviews
Want a law job but worried about the interview? Marque Lawyers managing partner Michael Bradley, who has been interviewing would-be summer c
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